[CodeToad]

I still can’t figure out how the federal government can tell a state they cannot put a pipeline through their State.

[who knows what evil?]

I still can’t figure out how the federal government can tell a state they cannot put a pipeline through their State.

Just build the damn thing...let the feds send in troops to stop them...one 'man' should not be allowed to hold our citizens hostage.

[knarf]

The "states" are afraid of blue helmets or black gangs

Google Chicago ... they kill without impunity there.

[ClearCase_guy]

That's the old way of thinking. Once upon a time, the people had rights and the states had rights. The federal government had little real power. Then they found out that through things like the Commerce Clause and the popular election of senators, the federal government could basically have complete control of everything.

At all levels of society, we now need a "Mother May I?" from the feds. An oil pipeline? The state through which the pipeline will pass has no say in that matter.